Greece earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 35 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 35 km WNW of Lixoúri, Greece on Thu, Mar 24, 1983, 4:35 AM GMT+2 (02:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 10 km WSW of Lixoúri, Greece. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Mar 24, 1983, 4:35 AM GMT+2
UTC: 1983-03-24 02:35:59 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.270° N, 20.044° E
Region: Greece
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 14 stations
5.1	Mw, moment	ISCGEMSUP	Final · ±0.2

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt along the west coast of Greece and on Levkas, Keffallinia and Zakinthos.

From the USGS event page for usp0001twr. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 97.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001twr (also filed as iscgemsup581324). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC.